Author summary
71% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,168 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jakob McWhinney results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Confirmation Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 1,213 hits . Analysis detected 7,385 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,260 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 31% (4,428 of 6,359 authors). This Jakob McWhinney is better (less manipulative) than 69.60% of the peer group. Jakob McWhinney
Author details
Total words: 10,260
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.4% percentile 2.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles10.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.6% 7.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 11.8% 11.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 5.5% 5.5% Loss Aversion Sitewide 2.5% Author 0.1% 0.1% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Author 4.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 11.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst